Over 150 current members of the house and over 200 candidates united in the belief that the peoples house must be wrested from the grip of special interests and handed back to you, the American People. Unhappily, americans today are cynical. They are tired of broken promises. Tired of being misled. Tired of spin from a white house that seems to govern on the principle that you can fool the people. Some of the time and tired of a congress that raises their taxes and wastes their money through the lens of cspan cameras. Americans are just dismayed by the sight of a revered institution corrupted by absolute power. A house of representative that now routinely stifles free and open debate cobbles together thousands of pages of bills behind closed doors and refuses to live by the laws it imposes on everyone else. And most damaging, has adopted as its central philosophy, the belief that ordinary people cannot be trusted to spend their own money and make their own decisions. If the American Pe
Ladies and gentlemen, for all the good people of america, today we enter a new era in american government. Today, one Political Party is listening to the concerns of the American People. And we are respon in with specific legislation. We are united here today. Over 150 current members of the house and over 200 candidates united in the belief that the peoples house must be wrested from the grip of special interests and handed back to you, the American People. Unhappily, americans today are cynical. They are tired of broken promises. Tired of being misled. Tired of spin from a white house that seems to govern on the principle that you can fool the people. Some of the time and tired of a congress that raises their taxes and wastes their money through the lens of cspan cameras. Americans are just dismayed by the sight of a revered institution corrupted by absolute power. A house of representative that now routinely stifles free and open debate cobbles together thousands of pages of bills b
The good people of america, today we enter a new era in american government. Today, one Political Party is listening to the concerns of the American People. And we are respon in with specific legislation. We are united here today. Over 150 current members of the house and over 200 candidates united in the belief that the peoples house must be wrested from the grip of special interests and handed back to you, the American People. Unhappily, americans today are cynical. They are tired of broken promises. Tired of being misled. Tired of spin from a white house that seems to govern on the principle that you can fool the people. Some of the time and tired of a congress that raises their taxes and wastes their money through the lens of cspan cameras. Americans are just dismayed by the sight of a revered institution corrupted by absolute power. A house of representative that now routinely stifles free and open debate cobbles together thousands of pages of bills behind closed doors and refuses
Specific legislation. We are united here today. Over 150 current members of the house and over 200 candidates united in the belief that the peoples house must be wrested from the grip of special interests and handed back to you, the American People. Unhappily, americans today are cynical. They are tired of broken promises. Tired of being misled. Tired of spin from a white house that seems to govern on the principle that you can fool the people. Some of the time and tired of a congress that raises their taxes and wastes their money through the lens of cspan cameras. Americans are just dismayed by the sight of a revered institution corrupted by absolute power. A house of representative that now routinely stifles free and open debate cobbles together thousands of pages of bills behind closed doors and refuses to live by the laws it imposes on everyone else. And most damaging, has adopted as its central philosophy, the belief that ordinary people cannot be trusted to spend their own money
They had to learn to have good enough ideas, they had to learn to communicate as a team. The question was, could you put together, over time, an effort that gave the American People a credible alternative that they could win the house and help govern the country . rock music the origins of the contract with america, i think theres, you know, its the saying, success has 1,000, you know, fathers. Well, the story of the contract with america begins with Newt Gingrich. It was almost unheard of, really, for anybody to run three times to win a congressional seat, but it became clear that, when newt came to congress, he was very impatient. He wanted to get things done. Well, i would say that the story that starts with Ronald Reagan and a commitment to big ideas Like National security, a stronger economy, things that were in reagans speeches. George and i are both very proud to do this and think that its something thats long overdue. In 1980, we had this concept that we ought to have a Capitol